I went to college (5 years). I learned a lot (not from classes). My career is unrelated to my degree. I don't regret it. If I had to do it all over again, I would.
🎓 “So You’re Getting a Degree AI Will Murder by 2028”
Congrats! Don’t panic. This doesn’t mean your life is over. It just means you get to pivot faster than your professors update their syllabus.
Let’s talk about what to actually do while your parents are still paying 40k a year to learn things ChatGPT already knows.
1. Enjoy the damn ride
Look, college isn’t just about “career readiness.” It never was actually.
It’s about bad coffee, questionable friendships, and pretending you understand macroeconomics.
Half the people who “had it all figured out” in freshman year are now selling SaaS or spiraling in Bali.
You’ll be fine. Take the classes that sound fun.
Say yes to weird projects. Learn the stuff you won’t Google later.
2. Research what AI can do… in your major/industry
Instead of being the person crying “AI stole my job,” be the one saying “AI works for me.”
Whatever your major is (psych, design, law, marine biology) start testing AI tools in it.
See what the bots can already do, then build something with them.
Seriously. Make an Agent. Sell the Agent.
(If your degree’s gonna get replaced, you might as well own the thing doing the replacing.)
3. Collect humans
Your classmates, your lab partners, that one chill veteran professor with bad life choices, hence great life lessons, these are your real assets.
The people you’re surrounded by now will be running companies, podcasts, or cults (sometimes all three).
Be the one they remember when they need help (or bail money).
And talk to your professors as humans. They’ve seen career plots twist more than you’ve seen Netflix series.
Ask them what they wish they knew at 22. That’s gold you won’t find in the textbook.
4. Don’t worship your degree
Your diploma is a shiny receipt, not your destiny.
Most people switch careers every few years anyway; you’re just getting an early start.
Majoring in marketing? Great, you’ll be using those skills to market yourself out of your major.
Studying engineering? Amazing, learn to engineer your career.
Everything you learn still compounds… just not how your university brochure promised.
5. Make something
While everyone’s posting “open to work” on LinkedIn, post projects.
Build a small business, a newsletter, a YouTube channel, a meme page, an AI bot, whatever.
Employers (and life) reward people who ship stuff.
Nobody’s impressed by “graduated with honors” anymore, but “built a $2000/month AI side hustle while hungover” gets attention.
6. Laugh at the chaos
The world’s weird, but so were the ’80s and so were the '30s.
Somehow, people survived perms, wars, and pyramid schemes; you’ll survive prompt engineering.
Keep your humor. Keep your optimism. AI can replace your tasks, but it can’t replace you.
TL;DR:
Don’t stress the degree, flex the curiosity.
Learn how AI works in your lane and build with it, not against it.
People > papers.
Stay weird, stay human, stay smiling.
While everyone’s panicking about AI… some students are already profiting from it.
I have the exact playbook they’re using to build and sell AI agents in a day.
Check it out here: https://omarlinkedin.gumroad.com/l/Agent